Ajay Naidu

Ajay Naidu

出生 : 1972-02-12, Evanston, Illinois, USA

略歴

Ajay Kalahastri Naidu (born 12 February 1972) is an American actor. Naidu was born in Evanston, Illinois and raised in Chicago, the son of Indian immigrants from Chittor District, Andhra Pradesh to the U.S. He attended Evanston Township High School. As an actor, he trained with the American Repertory Theater's Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard University. His first professional acting job was the film Touch and Go (released in 1986) which he won from an open call, this in turn led to television jobs.He starred in the TV-movie, Lady Blue (1985) as "Paquito". This was followed by an ABC Afterschool Special episode, "No Greater Gift" (1985), where he played "Nick Santana", a 12-year old boy with a terminal illness. He then appeared in an uncredited role as "Ahmed" in the "MacGyver" TV series, during the first season, in episode, "To Be a Man" in 1986. Other film credits when younger include Where the River Runs Black (1986) and Vice Versa (1988). Between 1988 and 1995 he worked extensively in classical theatre. He returned to film acting in SubUrbia (1996), where he was praised for his role as the convenience store owner, "Nazeer Choudhury" and for which he was nominated for an independent spirit award for best supporting actor. On screen, Naidu has appeared in the film Office Space, as well as K-Pax, π, Requiem for a Dream, Bad Santa, The War Within, American Chai, The Guru, Waterborne and Loins of Punjab Presents and many more. He co-starred in the sitcom LateLine and had guest starring roles on the television dramas The Sopranos, in the episode entitled Big Girls Don't Cry, as well as The West Wing. In 1997, Naidu was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for his role in the independent film subUrbia. Naidu has been working extensively with musicians from the Asian underground music movement for many years and his vocals have appeared on many records most notably Talvin Singh's mercury award winner "OK". In 2006 he directed his first feature film Ashes which came out in 2010. His most recent Theatre credits include A world tour of Shakespeare's Measure for Measure with Simon McBurney's Theatre Complicite, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui alongside Al Pacino, and The Little Flower of East Orange at New York's Public Theater. He is currently engaged to actress Heather Burns. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ajay Naidu, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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グッド・ナース
Dr. Robert Hind
問題を抱える多忙なICU勤務の看護師は、新しく来た親切な同僚に公私共に心を許すようになる。だがある日、患者の突然死にその同僚が関与しているのではないかと疑いを抱き...。
Thorp
Pat
After fleeing Earth in the late 80s, an alien returns to his childhood home in search of his best friend. As he gets closer to finding her, his mysterious past gets closer to catching him.
Antarctica
Principle Pepp
Two teen girls see their long-time friendship crumble from the pressures of adulthood in their last year of high school.
The Sleepless
Vivek
Chronic insomniacs Zach and Sophia wander the pre-dawn streets of NYC on an impromptu first date.
Uncle
"Uncle" captures the essence of an Indian-American father/son relationship told through three car rides over ten years.
The Kindergarten Teacher
Nikhil Roy
Lisa Spinelli is a Staten Island teacher who is unusually devoted to her students. When she discovers one of her five-year-olds is a prodigy, she becomes fascinated with the boy, ultimately risking her family and freedom to nurture his talent.
Boy Boy Girl Girl
A dark comedy about a gay couple trying to adopt a newborn from a drug-addict and her abusive girlfriend.
Lost Cat Corona
Amir
A play-it-safe guy must search for his wife's missing cat, bringing him face-to-face with the colorful, wacky, and sometimes, the more dangerous element of his neighborhood, forcing him to confront his fears and rethink his M.O.
3 Days of Normal
Vik Donowitz
3 Days of Normal follows the story of straight-laced deputy Bill Morgan who is quite content literally living within the quaint boundaries of Washington, New Hampshire. Bill’s stable and rather uneventful life is thrown for a loop when he finds and arrests a woman, Nikki Gold, passed out in her car from inebriation. Unbeknownst to him, the woman happens to be a popular movie actress longing for some normalcy in her hectic life.
Mister Handsome
Mister Handsome
A love story between a grown-up girl and a mysterious friend from her childhood (plus a case against moving in with your parents).
Ashes
Writer
A young Indian man struggles in the inner city of New York to support himself and his mentally ill brother... but their lives are unraveling and he falls in with the wrong crowd.
Ashes
Director
A young Indian man struggles in the inner city of New York to support himself and his mentally ill brother... but their lives are unraveling and he falls in with the wrong crowd.
Ashes
Ashes
A young Indian man struggles in the inner city of New York to support himself and his mentally ill brother... but their lives are unraveling and he falls in with the wrong crowd.
PIA
Rakesh
Can an android have feelings? Can true love be resurrected through technology after death? When a family in mourning encounters a mysterious wandering service android, the family is forced to redefine its conceptions of humanity, relationships, and family.
Today's Special
Munnamia
Young Manhattan chef Samir rediscovers his heritage and passion for life through the enchanting art of cooking Indian food.
Falling Up
Paco
A nursing student forced to quit school for family reasons winds up taking a job as a doorman in an elite apartment building in New York City, where he sparks to one of his residents.
ホテル・バディーズ ワンちゃん救出大作戦
ACO Jake
Placed in a foster home that doesn't allow pets, 16-year-old Andi and her younger brother, Bruce, turn an abandoned hotel into a home for their dog. Soon other strays arrive, and the hotel becomes a haven for every orphaned canine in town. But the kids have to do some quick thinking to keep the cops off their tails.
ボーダー
Dr. Chadrabar
タークとルースターは、20年以上コンビを組んでいるベテラン刑事。固い絆で結ばれた二人だったが、とある連続殺人事件の容疑がタークにかけられて……。ロバート・デ・ニーロ、アル・パチーノ共演のサスペンス。
レスラー
Medic
かつては人気を極めたものの今では落ち目のレスラー、ランディ。ある日、ステロイドの副作用のために心臓発作を起こし、レスラー生命を絶たれてしまう。家族とはうまくいかずストリッパーのキャシディにも振られ、孤独に打ちひしがれる中で、ランディは再びリングに上がる決意をする。
New York 結婚狂騒曲
Deep
Emma, a radio host, is about to be married to Richard, her perfect match. But right before her wedding, she learns she's already married to Patrick, a charming but irresponsible fireman. Furthermore, Patrick has a secret: he has arranged this little trick because Emma advised Patrick's ex-fiancée to end their relationship. However, Patrick may find that the trick is on him, for he soon begins to fall in love with his uptight adversary.
Loins of Punjab Presents
Turbanotorious B.D.G.
A ruthless philantrophist. A bhangra rapper. An over-protected prodigy. A reckless actress. A lovelorn businessman. An entrepreneurial yogi. And a Loin King. Enter a roller-coaster world of seven strangers whose lives collide during a singing contest in a small New Jersey town.
Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?
Prince Omar (voice)
Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. gang become involved in a supernatural mystery in Egypt.
The War Within
Naved
A Pakistani involved in a planned attack in New York City experiences a crisis of conscience.
The Honeymooners
Vivek
Working class New York bus driver Ralph Kramden is always coming up with get-rich-quick schemes for him and his best friend, Ed Norton, who's always around to help him get in (and out of) trouble.
Alchemy
Best Man
Can an university computer scientist (Cavanagh) make a woman fall in love with his interactive computer before she succumbs to a well-known professor?
212
Vincent
Living in matchbox apartments and working mundane jobs in New York City, three sets of urbanites struggle to connect with each other and find love in the digital age.
Perception
Kamal
When Jen Marshall, an LA girl with a reckless personality and a laundry list of burned bridges, returns to New York and unexpected tragedy strikes, it is up to her mistreated friends to decide between helping her through this tough time or abandoning her - like she did them.
Bad Santa
Hindustani Troublemaker (uncredited)
A miserable conman and his partner pose as Santa and his Little Helper to rob department stores on Christmas Eve. But they run into problems when the conman befriends a troubled kid.
最'狂'絶叫計画
Sayaman
トム(チャーリー・シーン)の農場にミステリアス・サークルが出現。そのニュースを追うのはキャスターのシンディ(アンナ・ファリス)。彼女は友人の通夜で、1本のビデオを手にする。それは呪いのビデオだった。
Justice
Mohammed
A comic strip writer in NYC, still grieving over the death of a friend in 9/11, gets his publisher to agree to a limited run of "Justice", a comic book about an ordinary person who is a hero.
光の旅人 K-PAX
Dr. Chakaraborty
ニューヨークの駅構内。不審な行動を見咎められ警察に連行される謎の男プロート。彼は自らを遥か1,000光年彼方のK-PAX星からやって来た異星人だと名乗り精神病院に送られる。プロートの治療に当たるのは精神科のパウエル医師。初めのうちは単なる妄想か虚言と高を括っていたパウエルだったが、その落ち着き払った言動や理路整然とした説明にかすかな疑問を抱き始める。さらに、プロートの存在は他の患者たちにも強い影響を与え、パウエルが治せずにいる患者たちがみるみる回復していく。
ハンニバル
Perfume Expert
全米を恐怖に陥れた「バッファロー・ビル事件」から10年……。 ボルチモアの大富豪メイスン・ヴァージャー(ゲイリー・オールドマン)は、刑務所から脱獄したハンニバル・レクター(アンソニー・ホプキンズ)の行方を追っていた。当時レクターと接触していたFBI特別捜査官クラリス・スターリング(ジュリアン・ムーア)は、リッチモンド (バージニア州)の麻薬捜査で多数の犠牲者を出したことで遺族から告訴されていた。政財界に絶大な影響力をもつメイスンは、マスコミの報道でクラリスの存在を知り、司法省のポール・クレンドラー(レイ・リオッタ)を利用し、クラリスをレクターの捜査に復帰させようと目論む。 そして、10年前にボルティモアの精神病院から脱獄したレクターは、イタリアのフィレンツェに潜伏していた。
レクイエム・フォー・ドリーム
Mailman
コニー・アイランドの寂れた海岸。古いアパートに住む孤独な未亡人サラは、ある日、大好きなTVのクイズ番組から出演依頼の電話を受け、ダイエットを決意する。一方その一人息子ハリーと恋人マリオンのもとに、友人のタイロンが麻薬密売の話を持ちかける。一時はそれぞれに人生がうまく回り始めたかに思えたのだが……。
Dinner Rush
Ademir the Matre'd
One unlucky evening, Louis Cropa, a part-time bookmaker, discovers that his restaurant has become a hotbed of conflicting characters. In addition to having to please a whiny food critic, Louis must fend off a hostile takeover from a pair of gangsters, to whom his sous-chef is in debt. Further, Louis has an argument with his son, the star chef, whose culinary creativity has brought success to the business.
More Dogs Than Bones
Andy
A series of mishaps and misfortunes over $1 million in cash leads to murder, mayhem and greed.
リストラ・マン
Samir Nagheenanajar
A depressed white-collar worker tries hypnotherapy, only to find himself in a perpetual state of devil-may-care bliss that prompts him to start living by his own rules, and hatch a hapless attempt to embezzle money from his soul-killing employers.
π
Farroukh
常人離れした知能指数を持つが日常生活には順応できない男、マックス・コーエンは自作のスーパーコンピュータを用いて日々株式市場の予測を行っていた。「世界に存在する事象のすべてはそれぞれ一つの数式で理解できる」と信じる彼の前に、ある日コンピュータが巨大な数字の塊を吐き出した。216桁のその数字には、かつて円周率 (π) を研究していたマックスの師ソルも辿り着いていた。彼はその日を境に216桁の数字が持つ不可思議な魔力に取り付かれていく。
Scotch and Milk
Armand
A brooding self-styled swinger obsessed with things from the 1950's loses himself in booze and night clubbing amongst similar other men. Meanwhile he pines for the woman he really loves, but is incapable of establishing a meaningful relationship with.
My Giant
Hot Dog Vendor
Sammy, an agitated agent lost in the forest of the modern world, happens upon a gentle giant with a tall talent for friendship named Max.
Montana
Ives
A seasoned enforcer is given the seemingly routine task of finding the Boss's runaway mistress, Kitty. However Kitty is involved in plans to overthrow the Boss and this routine task gets very complicated.
Once We Were Strangers
Antonio is a seductive, charismatic Sicilian living illegally in New York. He wanders from job to job, lives as a squatter and enjoys a carefree romantic tryst with a wealthy art dealer. When he falls in love with Ellen, a strong-willed radio talk-show host who is set to move to Paris within a few days, he decides he must find a way to keep her from leaving.
Subway Stories: Tales from the Underground
Prashant (segment "Honey-Getter")
The actual experiences of New York City subway riders are dramatized in a collection of 10 intriguing and very different vignettes. The tales showcase an ensemble of familiar faces, and range from stories of compassion and love to reflections on violence and loss. Among them: a disabled beggar quarrels with a woman and ruins her shoes with his wheelchair, provoking onlookers to wrath and pity; a skittish tourist proves to be her own worst enemy; a newlywed trysts with a mysterious sexpot; a commuter helplessly witnesses a suicide attempt; and, in the most affecting segment, a young woman grieves over her mother's imminent death.
SubUrbia
Nazeer Choudhury
A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults.
Vice Versa
Dale
A mysterious oriental skull transforms a father into his son, and vice versa.
Where the River Runs Black
Segundo
An orphaned boy who was raised in the Amazon jungle is brought back to civilization by a priest who knows his father.
Touch and Go
Louis DeLeon
A Chicago hockey star is accosted by a youth gang who attempt to rob him; after he chases them off he catches the youngest member and gives him a ride home, where he meets the boy's mother.